Nostalgic
Romantic
It's hard to top my favorite Neil Diamond-inspired film, 2001's misunderstood gem Saving Silverman, but Song Sung Blue comes pretty damn close. Written and directed by Craig Brewer and starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, this beloved fan favorite follows the ups and downs of a Neil Diamond tribute band. A film that'll make you laugh, cry, and...
Curious
Nostalgic
"I'm bad at remembering what I felt like in the past." These are the first words uttered in Freakscene: The Story Of Dinosaur Jr., a 2021 music documentary about the titular alt rock legends. You would think that this candid admission by bandleader J. Mascis would portend ominously for a rock doc — a genre which tends to rely very heavily on...
Choked Up
Nostalgic
I'm a sucker for rock music documentaries, even ones that are being disavowed by the band they are about. So, sue me, but I really enjoyed the new Netflix doc with the unwieldy title, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel. (That title is likely thanks to the RHCP's statement on Instagram, writing that they participated in the...
Adventurous
Fun
I'm a huge fan of High Fidelity. I enjoyed Nick Hornby's novel, and obviously loved the John Cusack-led film. But my desert island, all-time favorite offering from the franchise is Hulu's short-lived High Fidelity series. Starring Zoe Kravitz, this criminally underseen one-season wonder was a victim of bad timing, originally debuting on Hulu about ...
Fun
Let Pitch Perfect take you back to simpler times. This musical comedy, led by Anna Kendrick, features an ensemble cast that is so quirked up and talented it spawned two sequels, with one more entry possibly on the way. Kendrick stars as Beca, an aspiring DJ who unexpectedly finds community in the campus' acapella community when she joins the...
Curious
Nostalgic
Ever since seeing A Complete Unknown at my local multiplex in early 2025, I've found myself on a serious Bob Dylan jag. Inspired by Decider contributor Jordan Hoffman's excellent essay on ACU companion pieces for the Dylan-curious, I fired up Dont Look Back (no apostrophe!), the 1967 documentary by D.A. Pennebaker that mostly focuses in on Dylan's...
Fun
Nostalgic
Ever since the meteoric rise of VH1's Behind The Music in the 1990s, music documentaries have tended to focus more on the chaos surrounding the personal lives of musicians (drugs, divorces, breakups, and bad times) than the music itself. Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, the latest entry in Bill Simmons' Music Box series for the Home Box Office, is a...
Fun
Frisky
Nostalgic
Intense
Adventurous
Choked Up
Curious
Romantic
Weird
